Sentences with phrase «standalone vr»

After revealing Oculus Go, the company's first standalone VR headset, Oculus also gave us a look at the latest updates to Project Santa Cruz: a fully wireless PC VR platform.

They say standalone VR headsets are the future of the budding industry, but early standout HTC doesn't seem to agree, keeping the Vive Focus exclusive to China for the time being while significantly upgrading the original PC - connected Vive.

The Vive is still one of the most popular standalone VR headsets in the market right now, alongside Luckey's Oculus Rift, which Facebook owns.

Standalone VR: Daydream VR 2.0 might not need a smartphone or a PC to support it and might function on its own as a VR headset — it might play content over Wi - Fi or Bluetooth.

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A standalone VR headset could possibly also mean updates to the Daydream VR protocol to allow for functionality without a smartphone.

Instead of opening the 2017 edition of the I / O developer festival with a predictable rundown of some of Android O's most important features and improvements over Nougat or perhaps that oft - rumored standalone VR headset, Google CEO Sundar Pichai took the Shoreline Amphitheatre stage in Mountain View, California to demo a groundbreaking new «initiative» dubbed Lens.

Additionally, rumors suggest Google may announce details about a standalone VR headset during the I / O.

Oculus, the VR company, owned by Facebook has partnered with the China - based Xiaomi for the global launch of Oculus Go standalone VR headset.

However, there is no information about the exact availability date or the pricing of both these standalone VR headsets.

Later this year Google will attempt to take the best parts of smartphone and desktop VR and make a better VR experience to create what it's calling Standalone VR.

When combined with HTC's groundbreaking work with the Vive and Qualcomm's chip - making expertise, this Standalone VR has a solid pedigree.

As a standalone VR headset, it does not require to be tethered to a computer or a smartphone as the headgear is built to work more like an all - in - one VR tool that offers direct access to VR content through the Oculus ecosystem sans any additional hardware, though it comes with a physical controller.

That $ 99 price now marks the low end of Google's Daydream line, which is branching out to include standalone VR headsets made by partners HTC and Lenovo.

According to recent reports, the Mountain View - based firm is planning to unveil its first standalone VR headset at Google I / O 2017, the latest iteration of its annual developer conference that's scheduled to start later today.

Xiaomi has now partnered with Oculus, one of the most reputed names in the VR market to come with some standalone VR headsets.

The Lenovo Mirage Solo is a standalone VR headset that doesn't need a tethered PC or a smartphone in order to work.

The Mirage Solo signals Google's desire to push its own VR platform by making standalone VR headsets that don't require an Android smartphone to work.

Although this standalone VR headset isn't heading to the United States, HTC is working on another one that will.

In 2017, Google moved this into standalone VR, announcing plans for headsets that don't require a phone or connecting to a computer.

In fact, Google may well unveil at least one piece of hardware at I / O; it's rumored to announce an untethered, standalone VR headset, using inside - out tracking.

Given that Oculus will be hosting its annual get - together next week, we expect to hear more about standalone VR there, and potentially from others after that event.

Snapdragon is already powering some standalone VR headsets - like the HTC Vive Focus - but with Snapdragon 845 at the heart there's greater potential to make these devices more sophisticated.

Google today held the opening keynote for its I / O 2017 developer conference, where among news about the first Android O public beta, Google Assistant on iOS, and Google Lens, the firm announced that it's working with HTC, Lenovo, and Qualcomm on standalone VR devices.

Prior to Alcatel, DeePoon used the same Exynos 7420 chipset along with similar specifications in its M2 standalone VR headset.

Looks like brands are preferring Samsung's Exynos chipsets over solutions from other brands in their standalone VR headsets.

Oculus is announcing a new standalone VR headset that will sit in the middle of its lineup between the mobile Gear VR and high - end Oculus Rift, called Oculus Go.

No problem for Oculus Go, a capable standalone VR headset that stuns with visuals and a decent price.

Priced at $ 199, the Go is a standalone VR device that eliminates the need for external hardware.

«We don't have a product to unveil at this time, however we can confirm that we're making several significant technology investments in the standalone VR category,» a Oculus spokesperson said.

Called Euphrates, Daydream 2.0 is built with standalone VR in mind.

As a standalone VR headset, the Vive Focus doesn't require a PC or even a smartphone to operate.

Currently exclusive to China, the HTC Vive Focus is the company's first and only standalone VR headset, meaning it doesn't need a smartphone or PC to operate.

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So while we didn't get the standalone VR headset that was previously rumored, Daydream still has a lot of interesting surprises in store for us.

Both of those prices seem high, especially since the Oculus Go, another phone - free standalone VR headset from Facebook, is coming soon for half the price ($ 200).

Details are scant on the Vive Standalone VR headset — no hardware specs of any sort, save for the fact that it uses the new Snapdragon 835 mobile VR platform — and the only timeline we have for this PC-less rig is «later this year.»

Vive Focus is a six degrees of freedom, standalone VR headset.

However, this standalone VR headset is expected to only hit Asian markets.

Lenovo appears to be Google's only hardware partner for its planned Daydream - branded standalone VR headset.

Earlier this year The Wall Street Journal reported that a more advanced version of Cardboard would arrive in 2016, along with a standalone VR system.

With X Labs apparently losing steam on VR, the latest report notes that Google is still focused on a standalone VR headset — it's just not married to a proprietary or different operating system.

The Vive Focus is a standalone VR headset, which means it doesn't need a connected PC or a smartphone in order to work.

The Snapdragon 845 is expected to be the chip of choice for plenty of standalone VR headset manufacturers to drive their experiences.

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HTC Vive Focus, a mobile standalone VR headset first launched last year in China, is now going worldwide by year's end, according to an announcement by HTC during the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco.

The hardware is great, the software looks good so far, and WorldSense tracking is a huge deal for standalone VR.

Last year, Facebook announced it was exploring the space with its Santa Cruz standalone VR headset, and it turns out that device is still on track: the totally wireless, base - station - free headset, which now has revamped controllers, was shown again on stage today:

It also sounds like Oculus Go won't be Facebook's only standalone VR headset.

This will be the third standalone VR headset we'll see this year.